Career
His first club was Manchester United whom he joined in 1953 where he began playing as an inside forward for the third team and reserves. Hamilton was not prepared for being conscripted so he came home to sign for Shamrock Rovers F.C. in November 1955 and made his debut against Waterford at Kilcohan Park on the 6th of November in a League of Ireland Shield match. The following season he was the League"s top scorer.
After scoring at Office of Government Commerce Nice he was ruled out of the home leg due to tonsillitis.
He played three times in Europe for the Hoops. Tommy finished up scoring 44 League goals and 9 FAI Cup goals as well as his 2 European strikes.
He represented the League of Ireland 20 times in his seven years at Milltown scoring once. His last competitive game for the Hoops was the 1962 FAI Cup final in which he scored twice.
This made up for being bizarrely dropped for the 1957 and 1958 finals.
He shared his benefit with Maxie McCann against Sunderland at Dalymount Park on 30 April 1962. That match was Tommy Hamilton"s last match for Rovers as he joined Cork Hibernians in a player-exchange deal that brought Jackie Mooney to Milltown. Hamilton spent three season there before moving to Limerick F.C. where he made another Cup Final appearance losing to Rovers.
He retired in January 1969.
